2017 Graduates
Ananda Bandara
- Date: December 2017
- Degree: Ph.D. Plant Pathology
- Major Professor: Chris Little
- Dissertation: Dissecting the molecular responses of Sorghum bicolor to Macrophomina phaseolina infection
- Position after graduation: Fellow Post-Doc, Penn State University
Rodrigo Pedrozo
- Date: August 2017
- Degree: Ph.D. Plant Pathology
- Major Professor: Chris Little
- Dissertation: Characterization of soybean seedborne Fusarium spp. in the state of Kansas, USA
- Position after graduation: Fellow Post-Doc, Kansas State University, Dr. James Stack
Derek Schneweis
- Date: August 2017
- Degree: Ph.D. Plant Pathology
- Major Professor: Dorith Rotenberg
- Dissertation: Characterizing global gene expression and antiviral response in Frankliniella occidentalis infected with Tomato spotted wilt virus
- Position after graduation: Ventria Bioscience
Wei Yue
- Date: August 2017
- Degree: Ph.D. Genetics
- Major Professor: Chris Toomajian
- Dissertation: Characterization of genetic variation in secondary metabolites in Fusarium.
- Position after graduation: Post-Doc, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Narinder Singh
- Date: December 2017
- Degree: Ph.D. Genetics
- Major Professor: Jesse Poland
- Dissertation: Genetic diversity of wheat wild relative, Aegilops tauschii, for wheat improvement
- Position after graduation: Fellow Post-Doc, Kansas State University, Dr. Jesse Poland
Pierre Migeon
- Date: May 2017
- Degree: M.S. Genetics
- Major Professor: Sanzhen Liu
- Position after graduation: Graduate student at Stony Brook University, New York
Vuyiswa Bushula
- Date: Spring 2017
- Degree: Ph.D. Plant Pathology
- Major Professor: Chris Little
- Dissertation: Genetic diversity and pathogenicity of sorghum-associated Fusarium species